What really is the so-called silicon savanah? Once a need has been met, move on. Once mobile money rattled pages elsewhere, everyone jumped on the bandwagon. Mpesa this , mpesa that. If your idea had nothing to do with mobile money, interest is lost. AfricaRising and Silicon savannah hype.

Lots to learn from the start-up capital of the world : http://nocamels.com/2014/12/top-israeli-companies-innovations-2014/

./bernard

From: John K. via skunkworks
Sent: ‎1/‎6/‎2015 10:08 AM
To: Skunkworks Mailing List
Subject: [Skunkworks] Kenya's technology push leaves investors cold

Found this in the kictanet list, thought it would spur a discussion here.

There are words of truth in it, they will be tough to agree with especially if you're in a start up. But I somewhat agree, there is a lot of hype in tech here. The comments make for an interesting read.

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Kenya-s-technology-push-leaves-investors-cold/-/539550/2574220/-/item/1/-/vdg6elz/-/index.html